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Ben Salmon is a Bend-based music journalist and host of Left Of The Dial, which airs 8-10 p.m. Thursdays on KPOV, 88.9 FM and streams at kpov.org. You can find him on Bandcamp and X at @bcsalmon.

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Inaugural Bend Blues Festival set for Saturday

The inaugural Bend Blues Festival will take over Silver Moon Brewing on Saturday, with a lineup full of ... Read more

Music

ALO rides 30-year creative wave into Sisters’ Big Ponderoo festival

More than 30 years into their existence, the Bay Area band ALO are in a creative “boom time,” ... Read more

Music

Three Dog Night visits Redmond fairgrounds Friday

When I commandeered my parents’ record collection in the mid-1990s, I suddenly became the proud owner of a ... Read more

Lifestyle

Americana band Fruition promotes new album in Bend Thursday

Like a lot of bands, the COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on Fruition. In the late 2010s, ... Read more

Music

Get ready for 4 Peaks Live at the Tower

You think you know the 4 Peaks experience: Standing in a starlit pasture near Bend, dancing the night ... Read more

Lifestyle

Local party faves Precious Byrd celebrate new album, ‘Floorplay’

If you’ve seen Precious Byrd perform a set of cover songs, then you’ve probably felt the energy they ... Read more

Music

Three stages of beats, bass and bangers at Silver Moon Block Party

There is never a lack of variety on the event calendar at Silver Moon Brewing, where comedy shows, ... Read more

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Conan Neutron & the Secret Friends set to rock The Capitol

Conan Neutron is a cool name — it evokes power and strength, fusion and combustibility, heavy vibes and ... Read more

Music

Hear the unique sounds of Quiet Winter and Brass Jaguar at Silver Moon

We talk a lot about rock groups and jam bands and country acts in this section, because those ... Read more

Lifestyle

Golden Goose: Jam-pop-rock band makes triumphant return to Bend

Peter Anspach remembers Goose’s last show in Bend with startling clarity. “It was a Groundhog Day show, on ... Read more

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